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Medical Resonance Imaging

MRI
First medical images: X-rays
• Discovered in 1895
• Images of bones

What part of the body is


this?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI)
See soft tissues such as
muscles, blood vessels,
ligaments and internal
organs.

Images show the brain and


other structures inside a
human head.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI scanners
capture sections
through the
body.

Sections are
used to make
three-
dimensional
images.
Click on video of scan to play and pause.
How does MRI work? Bar Magnet Strength

It’s all about strong magnets. = 0.005 Tesla

How many bar magnets


would you need for an
MRI scanner?

MRI scanner strength


= 3 Tesla
How Strong is the Magnet?
3 Tesla does not sound much
but it’s very strong.
Seeing with magnetism
hydrogen atom
electron
water molecule
proton

An MRI scanner uses magnetism to ‘see’ the


position of hydrogen atoms in water molecules
inside the body.
This allows it to build up an image of the internal
structures.
MRI images

Human head.

High resolution, with


a 3 tesla magnetic
field.
MRI images
blood vessels

Blood vessels in the brain


Science or art?

MRI showing nerve connections inside the brain.

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